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E-cigs are still flooding the US, addicting teens with higher nicotine doses

When the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get rid of vapes with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bears, and Froot Loops that appeal to kids.

26 Jun 2023

Innovative nanofluidic device detects single proteins at their naturally high concentrations

In the evolving world of precision medicine, the need for methods that can measure biomolecules with supreme accuracy and specificity is paramount. Recognizing this, Associate Professor Yan Xu of the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka Metropolitan University and his international research team have made a great stride in this direction. They have developed an innovative nanofluidic device capable of capturing single proteins stochastically and detecting them digitally at their naturally high concentrations. This breakthrough could potentially lay the foundation for the future of personalized disease prevention and treatment.

26 Jun 2023

Patients affected by depression more likely to stop taking their heart medications

Patients who feel low when having a cardiac device implanted are more likely to stop taking their heart medications than those without depression, according to research presented today at ACNAP 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

25 Jun 2023

Experts release new guidelines for safe opioid deprescribing in Australia

Australian and international experts have released 11 recommendations on when, how, and in what situation it may be appropriate for clinicians to reduce opioid use, by placing the patient at the center of the equation.

25 Jun 2023

Child tax credit monthly payments linked to improved adult health and food security

Monthly cash payments to eligible families under the temporary pandemic-era expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit led to better adult health and food security, new UCLA-led research suggests.

25 Jun 2023

Space travel weakens immune system by altering gene expression in white blood cells

Evidence is mounting that astronauts are more susceptible to infections while in space. For example, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) commonly suffer from skin rashes, as well as respiratory and non-respiratory diseases.

24 Jun 2023

Adopting a 30th birthday genetic profile test could save lives and NHS costs

A new study published in the US medical journal ‘The Annals of Internal Medicine’ makes a very strong case for universal genetic testing at the age of 30.

24 Jun 2023

New white paper on challenges and opportunities in theranostics education

Leaders from 12 nuclear medicine organizations around the world have issued a white paper about the challenges and opportunities in theranostics education.

23 Jun 2023

Study reveals neural circuits underlying adolescent stress-induced postpartum social behavior

Stress during adolescence can cause postpartum behavioral changes in women and other mammals, including depression and changes in social behavior after the birth of a child.

23 Jun 2023

UA researcher develops new method to monitor frailty symptoms

A layperson might think of "frail" as simply a synonym for "weak" or "fragile." But in the medical field, frailty is a specific term, meaning – due to factors including inflammation and hormone shifts – a patient has a lack of physiological reserve, or a reduced ability to tolerate stress.

23 Jun 2023

BMI under fire as AMA calls for new approach to address weight

Body mass index as a standard measure of healthy or unhealthy weight, is once again being called into question with the American Medical Association recommending physicians deemphasize BMI in patient care and employ other ways to address weight.

23 Jun 2023

Stanford and Intonation partner to develop new treatments for neuroendocrine tumors

Stanford University's Innovative Medicines Accelerator (IMA) and Intonation Research Laboratories (Intonation) have formed a collaboration to develop treatments that target cancerous neuroendocrine tumors, or tumors that form from hormone-releasing cells.

23 Jun 2023

New category of depression identified

Scientists at Stanford Medicine conducted a study describing a new category of depression -; labeled the cognitive biotype -; which accounts for 27% of depressed patients and is not effectively treated by commonly prescribed antidepressants.

23 Jun 2023

IgA nephropathy: The disease that lies outside the kidney

The cause of a common kidney disease likely lies outside the kidney, according to a new study led by Columbia University researchers.

23 Jun 2023

Mario Romero-Ortega selected to head the University of Arizona Department of Biomedical Engineering

Mario Romero-Ortega was selected through a nationwide search to head the University of Arizona Department of Biomedical Engineering, beginning with the fall 2023 semester.

23 Jun 2023

New drug could slow down antibiotic resistance

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is gaining ground in their search for solutions to the global problem of bacterial antibiotic resistance, which was responsible for nearly 1.3 million deaths in 2019.

23 Jun 2023

New model could help speed up vaccine distribution during pandemics

A model for optimizing the dispensing of vaccines during pandemics that uses a new measure of success for such efforts has been developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the Ithaca campus of Cornell University, Singapore University of Technology and Design and San Jose State University in California.

23 Jun 2023

Football players at risk for CTE based on cumulative force of head hits, study shows

For years, researchers studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, believed the primary cause of it was repetitive hits to the head, whether or not those hits caused concussions.

23 Jun 2023

Study reveals wide discrepancies among U.S. states in treating opioid use disorder

Despite a national opioid overdose epidemic supercharged by a surge of illicit fentanyl, new research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals wide discrepancies among U.S. states in effectively treating opioid use disorder among people covered by Medicaid.

23 Jun 2023

AHA awards $20 million to address health challenges in rural communities

People who live in rural areas of the U.S. are 40% more likely to develop heart disease and have a 30% higher risk of stroke than people who live in urban areas, according to data reported in the 2020 Call to Action: Rural Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.

23 Jun 2023

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E-cigs are still flooding the US, addicting teens with higher nicotine doses

Innovative nanofluidic device detects single proteins at their naturally high concentrations

Patients affected by depression more likely to stop taking their heart medications

Experts release new guidelines for safe opioid deprescribing in Australia

Child tax credit monthly payments linked to improved adult health and food security

Space travel weakens immune system by altering gene expression in white blood cells

Adopting a 30th birthday genetic profile test could save lives and NHS costs

New white paper on challenges and opportunities in theranostics education

Study reveals neural circuits underlying adolescent stress-induced postpartum social behavior

UA researcher develops new method to monitor frailty symptoms

BMI under fire as AMA calls for new approach to address weight

Stanford and Intonation partner to develop new treatments for neuroendocrine tumors

New category of depression identified

IgA nephropathy: The disease that lies outside the kidney

Mario Romero-Ortega selected to head the University of Arizona Department of Biomedical Engineering

New drug could slow down antibiotic resistance

New model could help speed up vaccine distribution during pandemics

Football players at risk for CTE based on cumulative force of head hits, study shows

Study reveals wide discrepancies among U.S. states in treating opioid use disorder

AHA awards $20 million to address health challenges in rural communities

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